1) Discuss the significance of Thomas Jefferson's quote: "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing...God forbid that we should ever be twenty year without such a rebellion...The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-What it is saying is that without rebellion, one they wouldn’t have freedom, and two sometimes it is good to know that what they are doing is wrong or can be improved even if it is a little harmful.
2) Why did Shay's Rebellion happen?
-A law was passed that said the middle class people or poor people could not vote. People asked to themselves why they just fought for freedom when they were going to be in the same situation.
3) The constitution is "a political creation, hammered together in a series of artfully negotiated compromises. Discuss these compromises.
-Congress would have two part, House of Representatives and
Slavery
The position of president and executive branch.
4) What was the Virginia Plan?
-New government in America, two legislatures, and judicial and executive were chosen by legislature.
5) "No person held in service" was a euphemism for what?
-Slavery
6) List the basic Powers and Checks of the three branches of the government.
-Executive- Chooses judicial
Can veto laws
-Legislative- can override a veto with 2/3 of the votes
Refuse the approve treaties
Can question the Judicial
-Judicial- Can say what the president is doing is illegal.
Can say what congress is doing is illegal.
7) Who wrote the Federalist Papers and why did they write them?
-John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. They were written to persuade people that a central government was needed.
8) Briefly outline the first ten amendments.
1st Amendment – separation of church and state, freedom to worship, freedom of speech and press, right to assemble and petition for changes
2nd Amendment – right to bear arms
3rd Amendment – soldiers cannot be housed in a private home without consent from owner
4th Amendment – right to be free from unreasonable seizure and search
5th Amendment – laws about prosecuting including jury rights/duties
6th Amendment – right to a speedy public trial in district where crime was committed
7th Amendment – guarantees trial by jury
8th Amendment – Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
9th Amendment – defines the rule of the construction of the Constitution
10th Amendment – guarantees any powers not specifically delegated to federal government or to the states rests w/ the people and states(depending on situation)
9) Who could wrote in the first election (what parts of the population)?
Mostly white land owning men, but each state had their own rules about voting.
10) How did Washington D.C. come be located on the banks of the Potomac? Madison and Jerfferson agreed to Hamilton’s plan the get the country out of debt, but only if the capital was in a southern state.
11) What did Jay's Treaty do?
It made all of the British leave their American post.
12) What was the "Whiskey Rebellion" and how was it put down?
Farmers in Western Pennsylvania complained about the high taxes on whisky. Washington went out with about 13000 men and stopped the men from rebelling.
13) Describe the election of 1800? How was it finally resolved?
Jefferson and Hamilton ties in votes, so then the house chose who would win, and Jerffson went and told them that he would stop the anti-federalists.
14) Who was John Marshall?
He was Adams secretary of state, he was he Supreme Justice Chief, and he was the first to say the congress was being unconstitutional.
15) Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.?
They didn’t have a lot of money and Napoleon Bonaparte wanted a part of the new world, and in the end he deicide the money was more important.
16) What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey?
They were sent by Jefferson to get into the fur trade, get information about the land.
17) How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end?
Hamilton won the election for governor of New York and it anger Burr. I don’t think it was wrong because you do what you have to do to win. He didn’t actually cheat. It ended with Burr challenging Hamilton to a deal and Burr shot Hamilton and he was fatally wounded.
18) What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it supposed to do?
It made it so no one could export anything into America. It was supposed to make it so the British wouldn’t make any money.
This made it so that American merchants could get rumor spices or anything of that sort.
19) What did Tecumseh try and do?
Try and make an alliance with the natives and almost pulled it off.
20) Describe the Battle of Tippecanoe?
His brother was going to attack General Harrison and it wasn’t a good move and they slaughtered the natives. American Victory.
21) Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why?
Because after the war was over they were just back to where they started. The treaty didn’t really state anything new other then the Oregon country and the definite border between Canada and America.
22) Describe the Battle of New Orleans.
The British out numbered the Americans, but the Americans only lost eight men while the British lost thousands. This was said to be the most lop sided American victory in history.
23) What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
It states that the U.S. will not tolerate European powers in the Western hemisphere. Later symbolizes no on but the U.S. can mettle with the estates of the western hemisphere.
24) What was the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri could become a slave state but any state north of Missouri was not.
25) How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"?
It was brought up to the house to deicide and because Adams was so liked, Jackson was make the secretary of State and then Adams was made president.
26) List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson.
Murderer, Adulterer, Native Hater, Orphan, War Hero
27) Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President?
No he wasn’t cause he wanted land and he did what he could to get it. He was called King Long Knife by the natives. He fought in Creek War and the result was he took the land from the creek natives.
28) How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people?
His opinions and wants were the same as a lot of the middle class people.
Hannah - look over questions 2, 13, 16, 17, 18 and 25.
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